The Prophet is a book of short essays by Kahlil Gibran on a variety of themes ranging from love and marriage to grief and death presented by a character named Almustafa. Using a variety of rhetorical devices such as metaphors, similes, and imagery, enhances the ideas presented in each section and makes them easier for the reader to understand and apply. Although written in 1923, all of the themes are still very relevant in today's world, perhaps even more so. One of the most important themes in Gibran's The Prophet is the idea of ​​friendship and how your friend should influence your life. First, to illustrate the true importance of companionship, he used metaphors to compare this person to ordinary objects. For example, he stated that “[a friend] is your field which you sow with love and reap with gratitude” (Gibran 64). This shows that in a real relationship, you provide love to the person and thank them a lot for everything they do for you. Next, to demonstrate the importance of forming a relationship based on shared experiences and thoughts with friends, Gibran used anaphora, which is the repetition of a specific word or phrase over successive sentences or clauses. For example, “because without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations arise and are shared, with a joy never acclaimed” (Gibran 64). The author said that two friends can bond through mutual beliefs and hopes, which is often necessary for a strong partnership, even without having to speak. Third, Gibran discussed how absence makes the heart grow fonder with a simile. He stated that “because what you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain is clearer to the climber from the plain” (Gibr......middle of paper......orth" ( Gibran 19) This is both a simile and a metaphor to show that parents can influence their offspring, but it is the children who later make the difference the reader truly understands the bow and arrow metaphor He said that “for just as he loves the arrow that flies, so he also loves the bow that is stable” (Gibran 19). be a parent with confidence as he lets his children go through life. Using these rhetorical devices, Gibran explains the. importance of the above five themes and the various ways to apply them in one's life. It is written in a genuine and relatable way and will hopefully inspire people to follow its ways. Finally, it can be read cover to cover or alone one section at a time, but each part will have